The Primordial Law

Chapter 269 Hidden Five
The dark red wooden door to the cabin was pushed open.

Inside the cabin, array patterns appeared, causing the surrounding air to freeze.

Yin Wu's robust and upright figure appeared outside the door. He looked to be in his early thirties, with slightly curly long hair and rough yet textured skin. Just standing there, he exuded an aura of towering heroism.

“Ninth Brother, we’ve finally met as members of the Hidden Sect. I’ve been waiting for this day for a long time.” Li Weiyi looked at Shi Jiuzhai who had walked in.

Shi Jiuzhai was the first truly human being Li Weiyi encountered after coming into this world. At that time, seeing him exhale as clouds and take a step of several tens of feet, it was as if he had seen a god.

Now, seeing each other again in this way, Li Weiyi felt a surge of pride, a sense of pride that proclaimed, "We are no ordinary people."

I once regarded him as a god, and today I am a god too.

……

Li Weiyi had long suspected that Shi Jiuzhai might be a member of a hidden sect.

Firstly, a year ago, Li Weiyi and Li Qing had just infiltrated the Jiuli Hidden Sect when the sect received news. This was later told to Li Weiyi by Hidden Twenty-Four.

Secondly, after being captured by Shi Jiuzhai and Shi Shishi, Li Weiyi inexplicably escaped from the boat.

What truly convinced Li Weiyi that Shi Jiuzhai was definitely problematic was the meeting between the Hidden Lord and the chief of the Earth Wolf King's army in the Immortal Realm space of Burial Immortal Town.

During his conversation with Li Weiyi, Yin Jun revealed that he had once considered using the Celestial Star Technique to lure the enemy to the ancestral mountain of the Cangli tribe and wipe them out in one fell swoop. He would sacrifice the Cangli tribe in exchange for the peace of the Jiuli tribe.

If Yin Jun wants to accomplish this, then Shi Jiuzhai must be one of his men.

Later, the list of reclusive individuals was obtained, which confirmed this.

"I've met the reclusive man!"

Shi Jiuzhai clasped his hands in a salute, sat down next to Yin Er, and sighed with emotion, "Fate is truly wondrous! More than a year ago, when we met on the mountain in Zangxian Town, you and your companion were as wretched as two wolf cubs. Who would have thought that in such a short time, we would be sitting here together tonight, watching the night view of both sides of the river? And you have even become our leader!"

"At that time, I received the Heavenly King's order to lead a team of wolf soldiers with lower cultivation levels and no famous figures, disguised as the Buddha-savior, to raid Lizhou, seize the Otherworld Coffin, and provoke conflict between the Jiuli tribe and Coffin Mountain."

"I met with Yin Jun first to discuss countermeasures. So, I separated from the army and arrived at Zangxian Town a day later than them... Hehe, being a day late actually gave me an extra bit of luck."

Li Weiyi laughed and said, "Now that I think about it carefully, the reason why Li Ling and I were able to escape was because you deliberately let us go."

Shi Jiuzhai sighed, "Having infiltrated the Wolf King's army for fifteen years, I have many things beyond my control. If I reveal even the slightest flaw, the consequences could be worse than death. Sometimes, I have to make compromises and sacrifices."

"At that time, on the surface, it was the Earth Wolf King's army disguised as the Buddha Thieves who made the move, and the Dragon Court weighed Cang Li. In reality, the Sui Sect had two other masters lying in the shadows, preparing to kill Li Songlin and Cang Li together in Zangxian Town, escalating the conflict to the point of war."

"You and Zhao Zhizhuo were able to escape to Yaoguan for help because of the secret assistance of the Hidden Sect elders, which made it so smooth."

"Back then, the Hidden Sect couldn't show their faces in public."

Li Weiyi recalled his later encounter with Yang Qingxi and Yang Yun on the boat on the Sui River. At that time, Yang Yun had been quite outspoken, revealing the secret that the siblings were in Yaoguan.

It is clear that Emperor Suizong was involved in this matter.

Li Weiyi got down to business: "What happened to Qi Xiao? How could a Dao Seed Realm martial artist, a mortal overlord, disappear without a trace?"

Those who can cultivate to the Dao Seed Realm are all extremely talented individuals.

Yin Er claims his talent is only average among hidden individuals. A Dao Seed Realm cultivator at the second level in his forties is absolutely one in ten thousand, one in a million among all martial arts practitioners.

Of the sixty reclusive individuals identified in a sixty-year cycle, over ninety percent were destined to never achieve immortality.

At first, everyone thought Qi Xiao had gone to the underground immortal abode.

It was the Qi family who were the first to realize that something was wrong.

After much investigation, it was discovered that before Qi Xiao disappeared, he had sent people to look for Yang Qingxi.

However, by then Yang Qingxi and Sui Zong's men had already left Qiuzhou city to investigate, which led to a stalemate.

The world is vast and dangerous. Countless people disappear every day, finding a single person is extremely difficult, and the loss of their remains is commonplace.

During that time, Li Wei had to fake being seriously injured and crippled. He didn't learn about this until three months later. He naturally felt guilty and worried that it was because of Yang Qingxi that Qi Xiao had met with misfortune.

Shi Jiuzhai said, "Over the past three months, I have investigated both the underground immortal abode and Yang Qingxi!"

"The first thing to check is the city gate entry and exit records. There are no records of Qi Xiao leaving the city during the days he disappeared."

"Then there are only two possibilities. One is that he encountered a top expert and was subdued or killed silently, and then his body was destroyed to cover up the crime."

Secondly, he used some method to avoid the city gate guards.

"Therefore, the possibility of going to the underground immortal abode can basically be ruled out."

"Assuming it's the first scenario, based on the information held by the Hidden Sect and the investigations conducted by the Qi family and the Zuoqiu Sect, there were only three Sui Sect experts with this level of strength in Qiuzhou City at that time, including Yao Qian."

"The Qi family has investigated this area, but it's very difficult to find any results."

"I'm focusing my investigation on the second scenario! Under what circumstances would Qi Xiao deliberately avoid registering with the city gate guards?"

Li Weiyi pondered and said, "Unless what he wants to avoid is not the city gate guards."

Shi Jiuzhai nodded: "He was following me!"

"Who are you following?" Li Weiyi asked.

Shi Jiuzhai said, "He wouldn't dare to follow those with too high a cultivation level. There's no point in following those with too low a cultivation level."

"Yang Qingxi?" Li Weiyi asked.

Shi Jiuzhai said, "Very likely! I followed this conjecture and continued to investigate, and I actually found some things."

"I first checked the records of Yang Qingxi entering and leaving the city gates during that period, but found nothing. So, I changed my approach and copied down all the records of carriages and horses leaving the city on the day Qi Xiao left the Qi residence, spending a lot of time screening and eliminating them."

"Ultimately, Qingyun Car Dealership, which has ties to the Sui Sect, became my primary target. The owner of Qingyun Car Dealership is from the Sui Sect, a secret known only to the Jiuli Clan."

"The Suizong clan understands the Jiuli tribe very well, and the Jiuli tribe understands them just as well."

“Every driver and every exotic beast carriage or horse-drawn carriage at Qingyun Carriage Company is registered, including the departure and return times. I secretly stole this booklet recording carriage and horse trips and copied it. That's how I found the clues!”

"Wang Zhi joined Qingyun Car Dealership two months before the Qianlong Lantern Festival, with a letter of introduction from Yang Qingxi."

"He disappeared the same day Qi Xiao disappeared! The city gate guards have records; he drove out of the city that night and never returned." "Where is Yang Qingxi?" Li Weiyi's eyes were terrifyingly cold.

Having investigated to this point, it's almost certain that this matter is related to her.

Although Li Weiyi planted the Six Desires Talisman on her, he is not currently a Spiritualist or a Dao Seed Realm cultivator, so he cannot sense her location using the Six Desires Talisman.

Moreover, it's been half a year already!

The fact that Yang Qingxi didn't contact him first indicates that the threat of the Six Desires Talisman has been neutralized through other methods.

The fact that the two of them agreed so readily at the time clearly indicates that they had both prepared a backup plan.

Yin Er said, "We investigated, but couldn't find her. The people we planted within the Sui Sect also couldn't find her. We estimate she's in seclusion, trying to break through to the Dao Seed Realm."

Shi Jiuzhai said, "The connection with Wang Zhi has not been severed."

"Oh?" Li Weiyi asked in surprise.

Shi Jiuzhai smiled and said, "Yang Qingxi's pawn, which was arranged in advance, could not have been used only during the Qianlong Lantern Festival. Wang Zhi's disappearance was probably just to avoid the limelight. He had already sent a message back to the Qi residence when he was afraid that Qi Xiao would follow them."

"Six months have passed, and he probably thinks he's safe now. Because the Qi family hasn't been able to find Qingyun Car Dealership, and when I was investigating, I was extremely careful and didn't alert anyone."

“Ten days ago, the person I planted in the car dealership came to report that Wang Zhi had actually returned to Qingyun Car Dealership and had transformed himself into the adopted son of the dealership owner, Wang Shouxin.”

Li Weiyi had calmed down, picked up his wine glass, and drank his sixth cup: "What does someone who has already left want to do by suddenly returning?"

"Is the Hidden Man preparing to make a move?" Shi Jiuzhai could sense Li Weiyi's concern for Qi Xiao, as well as his chill towards the enemy.

Li Weiyi said, "Let's take it first, lest things get complicated. Ninth Brother, shall we go together?"

Shi Jiuzhai hesitated for a moment, then finally nodded.

"Second Brother, the Hidden Sect should have the Polar Day Dew, right? Get me a hundred drops." Li Weiyi stood up, not wanting to wait even a moment longer.

"puff!"

Yin Er spat out a mouthful of wine and exclaimed in surprise, "One hundred drops? Polar Day Dew is a treasure born from the land of polar day. It is like liquid light. One drop can be used to refine one hundred Flame Pills."

"Even the Jiuli Temple has to go to Qianli Mountain to buy the Polar Day Dew, which costs between 30,000 and 40,000 Yongquan coins per drop."

"I can only buy you a maximum of ten drops. As usual, you pay half and the Hidden Sect pays the other half."

Li Wei frowned, not expecting the midnight sun dew to be so precious.

The shortcuts in this world are indeed all built with money.

Fortunately, Yang Qingxi owed him five million Yongquan coins, and he had to get that debt back.

To quickly become a Spirit Master, one has to go all out. Li Weiyi said, "Thirty drops, no less. I'll raise 500,000 Yongquan coins for you as soon as possible. If that doesn't work, go to the head of the Cangli tribe and say this is for his daughter's cultivation expenses."

"Also, check the Hidden Sect's treasure vault for any fragments of the Spirit Platform Flame Star Stone. If not, make a high-profile purchase in my name; the price is negotiable."

Yin Er's eyes dimmed: "Is the only path for the Hidden Gods to become Mind Masters?"

“Even if a cultivator reaches the level of the Confucian and Taoist patriarchs of the Zuoqiu School, they can still command the wind and rain and laugh at the world,” Li Weiyi said frankly.

……

Li Weiyi and Shi Jiuzhai drove their carriages toward Qingyun.

Shi Jiuzhai observed Li Weiyi's eyes and expression, and laughed, "Seeing your fighting spirit rekindled makes me feel much better! If my cultivation had been one level higher back then, I could have taken that sword for you."

Even when facing a powerful figure at the Longevity Realm, Shi Jiuzhai and Shi Liuyu did not hesitate to rescue him. Regardless of their character or whether the rescue was successful, Li Weiyi deeply appreciated their compassion in the face of extreme danger!

Therefore, Shi Jiuzhai said at this moment that he wanted to take that sword for Li Weiyi.

Li Weixin!
"What realm is Ninth Brother at?" Li Weiyi suddenly asked.

Shi Jiuzhai said, "The sixth level of the Dao Seed Realm."

Li Weiyi was secretly shocked. No wonder Yin Shiyi said that in this sixty-year cycle, in terms of foundation, Yin Jiu was the best. But in terms of cultivation speed, Yin Yi and Yin Wu were the fastest.

At just over thirty years old, at the sixth level of the Dao Seed Realm, his cultivation speed is probably even faster than that of Zuoqiu Cangwu, who is the same age.

This is a seed of a giant in the realm of immortality!

There are very few true masters of the Longevity Realm in the world.

Even a power like Coffin Mountain, one of the top three forces in the Southern Territory, only has two Longevity Realm experts. There might be some lesser-known figures hidden away, but it's difficult to keep them hidden; one or two at most!

Even a major sect like the Sui Sect only has three experts at the Longevity Realm and Holy Spirit Mind Master combined. The top experts of the seven major families within the sect are mostly at the Dao Seed Realm level.

Only powerful clans with millions of members, possessing complete talent selection systems, abundant resources, and a foundation built over thousands of years, can secretly cultivate a large number of experts.

Even so, not everyone in the Jiuli tribe, one of the millions of ancient clans, who is the chief of the nine tribes and the priest of the Jiuli temple, is a giant in the Longevity Realm or a Holy Spirit Mind Master.

Many of them are stuck at the Dao Seed Realm and the Spiritual Mind Master level.

The discovery of twenty Longevity Pills at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival will inevitably change the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or landscape), allowing many old guys who were originally stuck in the Dao Seed Realm to secretly reach the Longevity Realm.

Shi Jiuzhai said, "Every three levels of the Dao Seed Realm is a major transformation. The fourth level is for condensing the Dao Lotus, and the seventh level is for condensing the Dao Fruit. If I condense the Dao Fruit, my strength will undergo a tremendous change... But this step is very difficult. It is possible that even after ten or twenty years of cultivation, I still cannot succeed."

"I really envy your generation, being able to compete for the dragon's bloodline..."

At this point, Shi Jiuzhai stopped talking, realizing he had touched a nerve with Li Weiyi, and chuckled, "I really want to know, did you and Yang Qingxi sleep together?"

"What's wrong?" Li Weiyi asked with a smile.

Shi Jiuzhai said, "Yang Qingxi is a woman who can arouse any man's desire to conquer. If you have already touched her, I will naturally put away my desire to conquer her. If we meet again in the future, I will either kill her directly or let her live."

Li Wei hesitated, pondering how to answer.

"Haha, I understand!" Shi Jiuzhai laughed.

(End of this chapter)